The longer the better I found, the more posts you can weave round the sturdier it is. Either longer stems or more vertical posts would be my tip. Good luck
Fence looks cool 😎 and wattle the heck it’s a fun project. Hope the weather gets warmer soon for you I hear we are expecting snow next week 😢😢, stay safe and keep warm 👍🇨🇦
I just got started and I am so confused but thank you for your video. Your finished product does look medieval and messy if you don’t mind me saying so, but when your plants start growing, it’s gonna look gorgeous
Hey Dave. Fantastic idea and true to your 'up-cyling' ethos. i Love it! Wattle 'n' Waffle... Have you heard of 'Hedge Laying',. generally using hawthorn, blackthorn et cetera? It's a traditional country craft. i did a course with BTCV just outside of Bangor in North Wales way back in the late 1990's. On a side note, TH-cam deleted my Allotment channel yesterday. had to appeal to get it back. anyway,... thanks for the idea and inspiration. ps. Your pond area is looking very tickety-boo :~}
Yes seen hedge laying I think, like a living fence sort of as I understand it, a good skill to have and maybe more professional than my effort! Did you do something wrong or was TH-cam just messing you about? Glad you got it back anyway. We've had basically zero rain since I put the pond in, I'm guessing it'll be eventually full in May, hopefully in time before a summer drought! cheers
@@DigDaveDigThe method used in hedge laying fills up the base of the hedge over time for an impenetrable barrier for livestock such as sheep. It really is very clever and something that i'm sure you'll find interesting and a great tool to have in the mind. Thorn hedges are generally laid on two or three year old planted plant stock and is confined to the couple of frost months just before spring has sprung. Thorns are really quite simple to grow from cuttings. now might be a good time to begin... TH-cam were just playing silly burglars. Accused me of spam and deceptive practices. "SHEESH!" On the pond-filling note, if you're expecting a rainy spell perhaps utilising the surrounding ground with strategically angled tarps might speed up the process.
@@RiksAllotment I'll have a look , sounds very interesting. Spam and deceptive practices? How weird. I'm definitely keeping my eye on the weather forecast, and on standby to engage some some strategically placed rain collecting devices. I'll get there eventually!
@@DigDaveDig'Spam and deceptive practices'.... i think it's to do with the fact that my other channels are 'conspiracy' ones. Just need to avoid blaming potato blight and onion white-rot on the government or bill gates with this channel i suppose :~}
I think it would if it were a bit higher, but completely hop-able at its present height I'm sure. Its been in place for 18 months now so fairly robust considering its just some old branches. cheers
@@UPGardenr you can't really once its happened, there are things you can do I've heard to try and get rid of it from the soil , but best to avoid growing onions or garlic in the same spot for maybe 10 years afterwards - hence the fence to remind me where to avoid
Looks great, Dave.
Cheers Nabeel - I'm quite pleased with how it turned out - simple and rustic but fits in well at the allotment
I like it. Might be nice to grow something along it like sweet peas or climbing nasturtiums but I think it also looks good as is.
Thankyou, yes maybe something like that would look good, I'll see what happens as I develop that pond area. Cheers
Love it
Thankyou, it turned out great in the end, thanks for the comment, much appreciated
I've been thinking of cutting back my 3 bamboo bushes and doing the same to keep the dog on paths lol
go for it - what I found was the longer the better when it comes to the branches, the more weaving in and out you can do makes it more rigid. cheers
Super job. I might do that with some old sunflower stems👍🏻
The longer the better I found, the more posts you can weave round the sturdier it is. Either longer stems or more vertical posts would be my tip. Good luck
Great bit of recycling!
Thanks, think it worked out well in the end. Cheers
Love it!
cheers - it went well, looks great!
hi Dave thats great recycling. it looks fantastic
Thankyou, I wasn't sure at first but think it blends in well, I don't think I'd want it in my garden though
@@DigDaveDig it fits in with the environment it is in . I wouldn’t have it in my garden at home 🤣
@@ann-zj9vn I think that's why I wasn't sure at first as I was hoping for a more perfect result, but the rusticness fits in well where it is. Thanks
Fence looks cool 😎 and wattle the heck it’s a fun project. Hope the weather gets warmer soon for you I hear we are expecting snow next week 😢😢, stay safe and keep warm 👍🇨🇦
Thankyou, it's slowly warming up here, but I'm sure like you there's a cold surprise around the corner. Have a great week, cheers
Great idea and looks nice 😊
Thankyou, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. Cheers
It’s great 👍
Thankyou - I was quite pleased with how it turned out (in the end) - cheers
I like it 👍
Thanks - it's been a while since I made these and they're still standing, but need a bit of tidying up now. cheers
I’m going to put one in along the bottom of my hedge to keep the cats out 👍
@@007bigrob nice one, mine are still standing so they are quite durable ,even if they look a bit basic
@@DigDaveDig I’ve started pruning today to gain the basic materials 👍
@@007bigrob nice one, let me know how you get on. Cheers
I just got started and I am so confused but thank you for your video. Your finished product does look medieval and messy if you don’t mind me saying so, but when your plants start growing, it’s gonna look gorgeous
It's still standing after a year or so and still looks ok, it's blended in a bit. Thanks for the comment, cheers
Hey Dave. Fantastic idea and true to your 'up-cyling' ethos. i Love it! Wattle 'n' Waffle... Have you heard of 'Hedge Laying',. generally using hawthorn, blackthorn et cetera? It's a traditional country craft. i did a course with BTCV just outside of Bangor in North Wales way back in the late 1990's.
On a side note, TH-cam deleted my Allotment channel yesterday. had to appeal to get it back.
anyway,... thanks for the idea and inspiration.
ps. Your pond area is looking very tickety-boo :~}
Yes seen hedge laying I think, like a living fence sort of as I understand it, a good skill to have and maybe more professional than my effort! Did you do something wrong or was TH-cam just messing you about? Glad you got it back anyway. We've had basically zero rain since I put the pond in, I'm guessing it'll be eventually full in May, hopefully in time before a summer drought! cheers
@@DigDaveDigThe method used in hedge laying fills up the base of the hedge over time for an impenetrable barrier for livestock such as sheep. It really is very clever and something that i'm sure you'll find interesting and a great tool to have in the mind. Thorn hedges are generally laid on two or three year old planted plant stock and is confined to the couple of frost months just before spring has sprung. Thorns are really quite simple to grow from cuttings. now might be a good time to begin...
TH-cam were just playing silly burglars. Accused me of spam and deceptive practices. "SHEESH!"
On the pond-filling note, if you're expecting a rainy spell perhaps utilising the surrounding ground with strategically angled tarps might speed up the process.
@@RiksAllotment I'll have a look , sounds very interesting. Spam and deceptive practices? How weird. I'm definitely keeping my eye on the weather forecast, and on standby to engage some some strategically placed rain collecting devices. I'll get there eventually!
@@DigDaveDig'Spam and deceptive practices'.... i think it's to do with the fact that my other channels are 'conspiracy' ones. Just need to avoid blaming potato blight and onion white-rot on the government or bill gates with this channel i suppose :~}
@@RiksAllotment you never can tell - I'm keeping an open mind, white rot can't be my fault can it? :)
Will it keep bunnies out?
I think it would if it were a bit higher, but completely hop-able at its present height I'm sure. Its been in place for 18 months now so fairly robust considering its just some old branches. cheers
Is it a grave?
Kind of, it's where my garlic died of white rot last year, it's more of a quarantine zone!
@@DigDaveDig How do you deal with White rot?
@@DigDaveDig Could you show a picture or do you have one video of it?
@@UPGardenr th-cam.com/video/LQb3PQeLyVo/w-d-xo.html heres the video of it from June 22 - hope it helps
@@UPGardenr you can't really once its happened, there are things you can do I've heard to try and get rid of it from the soil , but best to avoid growing onions or garlic in the same spot for maybe 10 years afterwards - hence the fence to remind me where to avoid
How about, "awfully brilliant." Lol😊
I'll take that ;) cheers